
15-year fixed rate declined to 5.81% while retail sales and pending home sales improved.

15-year fixed rate declined to 5.81% while retail sales and pending home sales improved.

15-year rate also rose while employment momentum lifted existing-home sales to a five-month high.

The expansion is backed by approximately $42 million in CDE investments, unlocking up to $16.5 million in tax credits and increasing employment from 140 to about 220 full-time equivalent positions.

15-year fixed rate fell to 5.79%; both rates were below their levels a year earlier

State Farm, Allstate, Liberty Mutual, USAA and Farmers increase zero-payout claims from 36% a decade earlier.

The 15-year fixed-rate mortgage averages 5.85%, higher than last week.

98% of term loan lenders and 96% of unsecured noteholders support restructuring with new first-out loans.

The 15-year fixed rate also ticks down, averaging 5.71%.

The weekly survey also shows the 15-year fixed rate averages 5.58%.

Weak lumber demand and price pressure in China, a stronger ruble, and high interest costs drove asset impairments, capacity curtailments, and lower fourth-quarter sales.

New estimates show lumber demand is more sensitive to housing starts than to GDP per capita or prices, and the revised setup produces lower long-run demand.

The 15-year fixed rate also moved lower, and both benchmark rates stayed below their year-earlier levels.

Timber Production Expansion Guaranteed Loan Program funding will support sawmill reopening, acquisitions, and processing upgrades in California, Idaho, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Oklahoma, Virginia, and Wisconsin.

Wood-based panels producer to install solar PV systems across Poland, Czech Republic and Slovakia sites.